See also: Smartphone and smart phone

English edit

 
Samsung smartphones (frontside)
 
Samsung smartphones (backside)

Etymology edit

smart +‎ phone, first usage in the mid-1990s

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/
  • (file)

Noun edit

smartphone (plural smartphones)

  1. A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
    Hypernym: mobile phone
    Hyponym: iPhone

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Further reading edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English smartphone.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɑrt.foːn/, [ˈsmɑɹt.foːn], [ˈsmɑɹt.foʊ̯n]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: smart‧phone

Noun edit

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone

Related terms edit

French edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English smartphone.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone
    Synonyms: ordiphone, supertéléphone, téléphone intelligent

Italian edit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Quattro smartphone — Four smartphones

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

smartphone m (invariable)

  1. (mobile telephony) smartphone
    Da quando hai uno smartphone?Since when have you had a smartphone?

Further reading edit

  • smartphone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iz.maʁ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/ [iz.mah.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni], /iz.maʁt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/ [iz.maht͡ʃˈfõ.ni]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /iz.maɾ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/, /iz.maɾt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʒ.maʁ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni/ [iʒ.maχ.t͡ʃiˈfõ.ni], /iʒ.maʁt͡ʃˈfõ.ni/ [iʒ.maχt͡ʃˈfõ.ni]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iz.maɻt͡ʃˈfo.ne/, /iz.maɻ.t͡ʃiˈfo.ne/
 

Noun edit

smartphone m (plural smartphones)

  1. smartphone (mobile phone with greater computing capacity)

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /smaɾdˈfon/ [zmaɾð̞ˈfõn], /esmaɾdˈfon/ [ez.maɾð̞ˈfõn]
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun edit

smartphone m (plural smartphones or smartphone)

  1. smartphone

Usage notes edit

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.